Streets of Laredo (Cowboy's Lament)

Streets Of Laredo (Cowboy's Lament) - Shindig Society

As I walked out on the streets of Laredo

As I walked out on Laredo one day

I spied a poor cowboy wrapped in white linen

Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

"Then beat the drum slowly play the Fife lowly

"Play the dead march as you carry me along

"Take me to the green valley lay the sod o'er me

"I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong "

"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy"

These words he did say as I boldly stepped by

"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story

I was shot in the breast and I know I must die "

"Go bring me a cup a cup of cold water

To cool my parched lips " the cowboy said;

Before I turned the spirit had left him

And gone to its Giver --- the cowboy was dead

We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly

Play the Dead March as you carry me along

Take me to the green valley and lay the sod o'er me

For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong "